Intracellular Ca2+ and antioxidant values induced positive effect on fertilisation ratio and oocyte quality of granulosa cells in patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation
Esra Nur Tola A , Muhittin Tamer Mungan A , Abdülhadi Cihangir Uğuz B and Mustafa Nazıroğlu B C
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A Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, TR-32260, Isparta, Turkey.
B Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, TR-32260, Isparta, Turkey.
C Corresponding author. Email: mnaziroglu@med.sdu.edu.tr
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 25(5) 746-752 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD12144
Submitted: 12 March 2012 Accepted: 19 June 2012 Published: 2 August 2012
Abstract
Oxidative stress is important for promoting oocyte maturation and ovulation within the follicle through calcium ion (Ca2+) influx. The relationship between antioxidant and cytosolic Ca2+ levels and oocyte quality and fertilisation rate in the granulosa cells of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation was investigated. Granulosa cells were collected from 33 patients. Cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) concentration, lipid peroxidation, reduced glutathione, glutathione peroxidase and oocyte quality were measured in the granulosa cells. The relationship between two drug protocols was also examined (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist and agonist protocols) and the same parameters investigated. The [Ca2+]i concentration (P < 0.001), glutathione (P < 0.05) and oocyte quality (P < 0.001) values were significantly higher in the fertilised group than in the non-fertilised group, although glutathione peroxidase activity was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in the non-fertilised group than in the fertilised group. The [Ca2+]i concentrations were also higher (P < 0.001) in the good-quality oocyte groups than in the poor-quality oocyte group. There was no correlation between the two drug protocols and investigated parameters. In conclusion, it was observed that high glutathione and cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations in granulosa cells of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation tended to increase the fertilisation potential of oocytes.
Additional keywords: antioxidant, Ca2+ signalling, oxidative stress.
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